Judging from the images above and others of their ilk, we ski, skate, slide and, generally, smile our way through a Midwestern winter. That's the visual takeaway from readers who submitted more than 140 photographs on Instagram of their go-to outdoor activities. One of the contributors, Adam McDaniel (@adam.mcdaniel), lives in Champlin, but his heart clearly is upstate. His photos say as much. "The solitude and the wilderness. Just getting away from the rush of the city," said McDaniel, 21, of his affinity for northern Minnesota. When free time arrives, "no place is off limits for me."
To see more photos, search the hashtag #STdothis. Also, view a gallery online. Of course, get into the season and post a photo, too.
@alissajane1 Snowboarding at Lutsen (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
@kmquinn721 Skiing at Timberland Hills near Cumberland, Wis.
(Top, from left, Katie Quinn, Maureen Laschen and Alissa Bolgrean; right, a thumbs-up from Laschen despite a spill) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
@mnposeur Snowboarding at Trollhaugen
(Corey Gugisberg in Dresser, Wis.) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
@areacode612 Hyland Lake Park Reserve
(Hank and John Bernhardt) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
@christiancolsen Sledding bliss, I miss this (Iver and Anika Olsen at grandparents’ home in Jackson, Minn.) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
@delipshnit Icesploration
(Gun Club Lake, Minnesota River bottoms) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
@savethebwca
(On Hegman Lake, skiing to the pictographs) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
@kmquinn721 Skiing at Timberland Hills (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
@adam.mcdaniel Ice on Kabetogama Lake in Voyageurs National Park (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
@thegoodwithin Finally snow
(Alice, taken by her mother, Emily Falkenberg) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
@danmirocha Winter warm up
(Braemar Golf Dome in Edina) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
@frostonflower My snow angel
(Olive, along Theodore Wirth Parkway) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
@danmirocha Winter warm up
(Braemar Golf Dome in Edina) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
